(January 1952)
Dell,
1948 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1951-12-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Comic
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date as per copyright date.
[no title indexed]
Tarzan / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan (photo of Lex Barker)
- Reprints
in 
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A free Christmas offer...
The Wickedness of Gogulu
Tarzan / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan [John Clayton]; Inkolo; Inkomne; Ila; Gogulu; Ungo; Nagosis (African tribe); mangani; Korak (mangani); Isstu (momba)
- Synopsis
- Tarzan helps a young man, Inkolo, find treasure to serve as a bride price and takes his place when the tribe's witch doctor arranges for Inkolo to be executed by a Cape buffalo. Tarzan defeats the buffalo and exposes the witch doctor and his son as traitors.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Cape buffalo; gemstones; gold; leopards; Opar; singing; slaves; snakes; treasure
Journey's Beginnings
Mabu / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Elizabeth Beecher
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- jungle
Indexer Notes
Writer credit as per page 528 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1952 Books and Pamphlets Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 6 Pt 1B.
[no title indexed]
Brothers of the Spear / comic story / 5.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After saving the life of the African warrior-queen, Dan-El, the outlander, and his foster brother, Natongo, feast at Queen Liloma's table...
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Dan-El; Natongo; Liloma; Kong-wes (African tribe)
- Synopsis
- Dan-El and Natongo help queen Liloma defend her city, but Liloma is killed at the end of the battle.
- Reprints
-
in Brothers of the Spear Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Episode 4
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cut here
Smilodon
Jungle World / illustration / 0.5 page
- Genre
- jungle
- Synopsis
- A portrait of a smilodon.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- smilodons
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Use this form for Christmas gift subscriptions
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This Asiatic leopard is so similar to the African variety that many naturalists claim he is the same animal.
- Genre
- jungle
- Synopsis
- A portrait of a leopard.
Indexer Notes
back cover
This is a photograph of a static exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Tarzan -
1.
["A free Christmas offer..."]
-
2.
The Wickedness of Gogulu
Tarzan -
3.
Journey's Beginnings
Mabu -
4.
["After saving the life of the African warrior-queen, Dan-El, the outlander, and his foster brother, Natongo, feast at Queen Liloma's table..."]
Brothers of the Spear -
5.
["Cut here"]
-
6.
Smilodon
Jungle World -
7.
["Use this form for Christmas gift subscriptions"]
-
8.
["This Asiatic leopard is so similar to the African variety that many naturalists claim he is the same animal."]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Steve Dasinger
- Mike Nielsen
- Dave Porta
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
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